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Show GbodHealuh f ft AND HOW TO KEEP 1? By SB. ft. H. BISHoK Moat eaaea of a oaa bleed do not amount ta any thins;. Usually the flow can checked without losing; los-ing; much blood an! with little '.rouble, '.rou-ble, ; '.-: ? - In serera nasal catarrhal aondl- tlons, however,. It sometlmea hap- pan that a blood 'veaaal will break. ! Thaa quick action la required to ; control tha - hemorrhage Writ press both nostrils ahut firmly, thua compelling; tha blood to run back- ' ward tnto tha tnroat. Thla artrea It a chance to form a clot which Is i nature's way of checking; violent bleadtnf. Breathing; should ba : through th mouth. Next pack a small atrip of a clean handkerchief or a piece of ootloa ; Intd tha nostrils with a penoll or match atlck, putting It back Into th nostril on a line parallel with tha roof of th mouth. It ahould be tucked upward. Gently work tt straight backward, aa tna naaal canal la Immediately abova th roof of the mouth. Then rub a ptaoe of Ic upon the patient's spine aa 1 abdomen.- This "freeslng" helps to cheok the flow of blood to the hand. All tight clothing ahould be loos , en ad. In lesser oases a roll of ppi the also of ft penoll. paoked betweea the upper Up and tha gume wtllt chek noeeblaed without any fur' ther trouble. A teaapoonful of salt, to 4 aup of watar, snuff ad v tha nose, mar prove beneficial. ' 1 If the bleeding continue withavaj stopping a phyalclaa ahomid . ba relied. |